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pleiotaxy

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plei⋅o⋅tax⋅y

  [plahy-uh-tak-see]
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–noun Botany.
an increase in the normal number of parts.
Also, plei⋅o⋅tax⋅is.

Origin:
1885–90; pleio- + -taxy
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plei·o·tax·y   (plī'ə-tāk'sē)   
n.   Botany
An increase in the number of whorls in an inflorescence.

[Greek pleiōn, more; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots + -taxy.]
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